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Breast-feeding Linked to Social Status

Here’s an interesting study showing that being breast-fed as an infant was associated with a higher social status later in life. While the article gives some very good plausible reasons for this finding, nowhere does it mention the well-known finding by dentists that bottle-feeding can aggravate dental crowding, which can potentially lead to problems breathing at night due to crowded soft tissues within smaller-than-normal jaws. We know that babies that snore have much higher rates of developmental and behavioral problems later as school-aged children. Poor sleep quality can also predispose to weight gain.

I’m not saying that all bottle-fed babies will develop sleep apnea. However, along with a number of other genetic, environmental and dietary, and behavioral factors, bottle-feeding can significantly increase your risk of developing sleep apnea. Based on what we know about narrowed jaw structures and obstructive sleep apnea, this finding is not surprising.

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